nationality
英 [næʃə'nælɪtɪ]
美 [,næʃə'næləti]
語源
nationality ナショナリティnational、countryから、国籍の派生。
英語の語源
- nationality (n.)
- 1690s, "national quality," from national + -ity (in some usages perhaps from French nationalité. As "fact of belonging to or being a citizen of a particular state," from 1828, gradually shading into "race, ethnicity." Meaning "separate existence as a nation" is recorded from 1832. Related: Nationalities.
But I do love a country that loves itself. I love a country that insists on its own nationality which is the same thing as a person's insisting on his own personality. [Robert Frost, letter, April 21, 1919]
例文
- 1. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
- 雇用主が人種や国籍を理由に従業員を差別するのは違法です。
- 2.Asked his nationality ,he said British.
- 国籍を問われ、イギリスだと言った。
- 3.Aggression by one nationality against another often leads to war.
- ある国の別の国への挑発はしばしば戦争を引き起こす。
- 4.The Yi nationality is distributed mainly over Yunnan,Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.
- イ族は主に雲南、四川、貴州の3省に分布している。
- 5.They 're trying to enact a " nationality "bill.
- 彼らは国籍法を可決しようとしている。